Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-11-09

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,896 head
▼ 290 vs last sale 3,186▼ 72 vs year ago 2,968 · −2.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers up to 900 lbs. sold on a lower undertone. Steers 900-1100 sold steady. Feeder heifers up to 900 lbs. sold on a lower undertone. Heifers 900-1000 lbs. 4.00-9.00 lower.. Demand was good. Many load lots in heavier feeders today. Flesh and shots determined prices today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 16th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.81/cwt on 1,767 head.
Average price
$226.81
1,767 head · 885 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,048
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$103.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−50.56
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1801243.441,951961
Medium and Large 1-2712226.371,611160
Large 11,076204.672,202596
Medium and Large 2628177.411,11429
Large 1-21,128176.331,98915thin
Medium and Large 2-3645140.009036thin
One grade step is worth $103.44/cwt here — about $1,048 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,767 hd
226.81
—
SD average9 barns · 27,714 hd
277.38
−50.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328338.46/cwt331.00–343.001,11013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,1275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461266.15/cwt261.00–275.001,22730
Steers—Medium and Large 1463309.50/cwt309.50–309.501,43331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,36811
Steers—Medium and Large 1528273.50/cwt267.00–287.001,44457
Steers—Medium and Large 1582259.87/cwt258.00–268.001,512165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,4329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy609236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4374
Steers—Medium and Large 2610174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,06120
Steers—Medium and Large 1632259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,64039
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009036
Steers—Medium and Large 1656250.90/cwt250.25–253.001,64655
Steers—Medium and Large 2668185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811199.65/cwt195.00–215.001,61958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2852223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,90010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9038
Steers—Medium and Large 1937232.43/cwt222.00–237.852,178496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy945211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,99444
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy955213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,03461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,95020
Steers—Large 11,057217.22/cwt207.50–225.602,296239
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,069194.43/cwt189.35–203.502,078253
Steers—Large 1-21,076188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,0235
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,116192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,14848
Steers—Large 1-21,154170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,96810
Steers—Large 11,155207.75/cwt207.75–207.752,40056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288302.00/cwt302.00–302.008706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2341300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,07416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460236.34/cwt228.00–237.501,08733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480249.50/cwt242.00–252.001,19887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525222.21/cwt219.00–229.001,16714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541235.18/cwt228.50–238.501,27261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565236.47/cwt231.00–242.001,33650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580226.16/cwt209.00–234.501,31226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607214.65/cwt213.00–223.501,30373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623226.25/cwt226.25–226.251,41043
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3687146.46/cwt140.00–175.001,00660
Heifers—Medium and Large 2697201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740230.25/cwt230.25–230.251,70480
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785216.03/cwt215.50–216.501,69639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860213.86/cwt212.00–214.501,839137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2883207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,83212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922206.20/cwt205.00–208.601,901152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy941203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,91547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1987210.50/cwt206.50–210.602,078120
Heifers—Large 1-21,013187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,8945
Heifers—Large 1-2Fleshy1,069171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,8334
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665213.10/cwt210.50–217.501,41719

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.